Religion

Religion is a cultural system of designated behaviors with practices, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, behaviors, prophecies, ethics or organizations; it is human transformation in response to perceived ultimacy. Religions can be anthropocentric (focused on humanity) or biocentric (focused on all living things), with Christianity, Judaism, and Islam being anthropocentric, while Buddhism and Hinduism are biocentric. The human problem is another major element in religion, with the Abrahamic faiths focusing on mankind's fall from grace, while Buddhism sees human suffering as the problem. Each of these problems have causes, with the Abrahamic faiths believing that it was Adam and Eve stealing from the tree of knowledge of good and evil; Buddhism sees passions and desires as the causes of suffering. The end or ultimate goal are different in every religion, with the Abrahamic religions focusing on the afterlife, while Buddhism and Hinduism focus on breaking the cycle of reincarnation. There are various means to these ends, with Buddhism focusing on living an ascetic lifestyle and Christianity focusing on faith in God. The realities can also vary, with Abrahamic faiths believing in a linear life (birth to death), and Hinduism and Buddhism believing in a cyclical life (birth, death, rebirth). Finally, the last major aspect is the perceived sacred, with faiths such as Hinduism being polytheistic (multiple gods), and the Abrahamic faiths being monotheistic (having only one God).